Two Studies Give Hope for Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s
From Times staff and wire reports
A potential Alzheimer’s vaccine prevented a decline in learning and memory in mice, according to two new studies in today’s Nature. The reports suggest a possibility that a vaccine can be developed to treat dementia and the loss of learning ability and memory associated with the disease in people. Tests involving humans could begin within a year.
In separate studies on mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer’s, scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of South Florida confirmed previous studies showing that the vaccine removes amyloid plaques in the brain and demonstrated that removal protects against dementia.
